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Fluffy · Recusant Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 12

Find the D&D/roleplaying crowd to be just as fuckin' annoying as furries? Neopagans fall into this group, too (though to be fair I have met some pagans who were level-headed and actually following paganism as a religion rather than a trend).

I was talking to a girl the other day who just kept going on and on about how she had these "real" mistical powers, hand an "invisible secret guardian" and could see ghosts. She was freakin' serious!

Can we say schitzophrenic????

Kooshmeister · Qualificator Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 30

While I've never really known anyone who played D&D, I can't say I like the game too much. My brother-in-law and his friend are into D&D-style RPGs, but consider D&D itself to be really lame. And unlike the girl you mentioned, they do it just for fun as opposed to actually believing they have the same abilities as their RPG characters.

So yeah, I guess I do find that kind of person to be annoying as hell. I also hate Yu-Gi-Oh! fans... And Pokemon fans... And Dragon Ball Z fans (although, conversely, I like some parts of the show itself - okay, just the early episodes before it got annoyingly tired and repetitive)... In fact, I can't say I like RPGs, CCGs, or anime in general. Or any of the annoying little brats who like them.

Rankin · Needs to get out more Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 891

Six of one, half dozen of the nerdier.. There are annoying folks attached to any aspect of anything. Welcome to life.

Personally, I dislike D&D folks because they can wank to that insipid game for hours. Christ, go outside, do SOMETHING.

LSH · Recusant Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 19

hey! I play d&d.

it is my opinion that it is much the same, larpers, cosplayers, lifestyle furries, are all just aspects of our trespoince to the ultimate dullness of the world. just look at the current state of televison in the united states. true, you can usually find your if niche you have broadband television, but limieted to the wireless network transmissions, you ahe such things as fool factor, the apprentice, basically, they can't even think up enough plot to fill the time between commerials.

or I put it this way, a furrie is a cosplayer in animal form.
a Larper is a cosplayer who demands intercation.
Everquest has weddings.

it all comes down to how you veiw the world, and how far you go.

Kadius · Vociferator Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 370

Personally, I dislike D&D folks because they can wank to that insipid game for hours. Christ, go outside, do SOMETHING.

Huh? Lightning Bolt!

Skunkfunker · Qualificator Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 27

"Personally, I dislike because they can wank to for hours. Christ, go outside, do SOMETHING."

"Yeah, well liz'n Bud! You jis' a nerd like evva body else! No more! No less, mutha!"

I've walked through pretty much the whole Geek spectrum, and you know what? We're all the same. Especially when it comes to "our nerds are better than your nerds".

Dr. Dos · Qualificator Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 33

I know 4 kids who are into D&D.

3 of them are the most annoying people ever. I say this because they sing BADGER BADGER BADGER constantly every single day. One does badger, another does mushroom, and the last does snake.

Nobody likes them and everybody who knows they play D&D thinks that people who play it are all like them.

Then #4 is Mr. Awesome. Mr. Awesome hates them too, but nobody else plays and he is stuck with them :( woe is Mr. Awesome.

I tried playing it once and really didn't care for it, I prefer roguelikes if anything.

Rankin · Needs to get out more Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 891

Huh? Lightning Bolt!

You're not Raditts, are you? If not, that's rude to link to without permission, and yes... LIGHTNINGBOLT!

Shmeckopolis · Venter Joined: 31 Mar 2004 Posts: 234

Now now, folks, don't make me use mah +7 mace on all of you, and run away giggling with my boots of escaping. I WILL ROLL THE 2D4 OF YOUR DOOOOOOOOM!

Skunkfunker · Qualificator Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 27

I WILL ROLL THE 2D4 OF YOUR DOOOOOOOOM!

Pfff. That's so 2nd Edition. All the cool kids are on D&D3.5 now.

Shmeckopolis · Venter Joined: 31 Mar 2004 Posts: 234

Don't mess with me, man! Ahma level 48 Demigod wizard with the magic amulet of protection, and a real, honest-to-good girlfriend! AND Boots of Escaping!

Rankin · Needs to get out more Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 891

I cast magic missle at the dorkness.

Dr. Dos · Qualificator Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 33

Genghis · Venter Joined: 01 Jun 2003 Posts: 233

Incidentally, I used to know a freaky roleplying chick like that. She's also known for all sorts of batshit craziness, may or may not be an otherkin, and most notoriously of all amongst our social circle, doesn't believe in bridges.

Seriously.

wyattkelly · Recusant Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 4

Incidentally, I used to know a freaky roleplying chick like that. She's also known for all sorts of batshit craziness, may or may not be an otherkin, and most notoriously of all amongst our social circle, doesn't believe in bridges.

Well, come on? who would believe in them? There's no solid proof they exist, after all! But yeah, those who are too deep into any fandom, be it D&Ders, Furries, otherkin, republicans, christians, or whatever, are jsut gonna be batshit loco. I had a friend who so believed that she was her White Wolf character that she moved to Atlanta just to work for the company. And she's still there. Phear.

BAliBASE · Rasophore Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 52

Most roleplayers are freaks, but a few are pretty cool to hang out with occasionally. Once in a while (once a month or so) I play a game called 7th Sea that's fun. DnD has too many rules and requires people to play for way too long to get anything done.

You haven't lived until you've seen the Jack Chick "tract": http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp. Yay! Let's pretend we're our character and go to hell!

MagKnightX · Venter Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 286

I used to roleplay and I actually enjoyed it. The only reason I stopped was that our group broke up (two people, a man in the Air Force and his wife, moved, then one other person got a job, and then the rest of us started going to college).

But I have to say, I preferred White Wolf, especially since our storyteller (the AF Lieutenant's wife) wasn't the whole "GLOOM! ANGST! FOR THE LOVE OF DARKNESS!" type. She preferred to make things happy and humorous. Whenever there was a six-year-old girl with a teddy bear, we cringed, for it was obvious she was the dark lord, or had unimaginable and uncontrollable power.

D&D was always what we fell back on, because our usual DM (also coincidentally my fucking irritating brother) always had an adventure prepared, and since he enjoyed killing our characters, we knew the character-making process by heart, so it only took a half-hour instead of the three when we first started. However, two other people, who rarely DM'ed, were actually very good at it. One made a very interesting and detailed story, and the other was more... interesting in the chinese since... because he was a perverted, drug-obsessed loony.

Now, the worst people are the rules-lawyers. We had one until he moved to Chile. We all wanted to punch his face when he came up with "I wouldn't take that if I were you. It's three pounds and if you take two more you'll be encumbered." GAH.

Fluffy · Recusant Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 12

Incidentally, I used to know a freaky roleplying chick like that. She's also known for all sorts of batshit craziness, may or may not be an otherkin, and most notoriously of all amongst our social circle, doesn't believe in bridges.

Well, come on? who would believe in them? There's no solid proof they exist, after all! But yeah, those who are too deep into any fandom, be it D&Ders, Furries, otherkin, republicans, christians, or whatever, are jsut gonna be batshit loco.

You left out scary extreme liberals (ya, know? the 60s rejects who believe the world is one big hugfest)... Extremes aren't pretty in any group.

I had a friend who so believed that she was her White Wolf character that she moved to Atlanta just to work for the company. And she's still there. Phear.

Weird... How can you be friends with someone like that? Ya can't take them seriously most of the time!!!

BTW- What are otherkin?

GoManVanGogh · Venter Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 221

Well, I play RPGs.

Some folks will, no doubt, think me a loser for it.

It's kind of hard to do ANYTHING without being thought of as a loser by SOMEBODY.

But, as long as I leave them alone, and they leave me alone, what's the diff?

It's something I enjoy, and I've met some pretty cool folks through it, along with plenty of annoying, unsociable schmucks (sp?).

Maybe someday, like furry, it just won't be fun enough to be worth dealing with said schmucks anymore, but, until then...

ZenZhu · Needs to get out more Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 897

I had one of those moms that was convinced D&D was the way to put a big mark on yourself as someone waiting to hop on the devil's railcar. When I was in college, I played a few games of it and one of those superhero ones with friends. I didn't get into it much for the fantasy, but I enjoyed the fun that could be had acting. There's a few events that stand out. One was an exchange between my character.. a lewd halfling turned otter (it was the DM's concession to me, being in my furrier days) and our host's wife, a cleric priestess:

"Hey, baby. What say you and I go for some 'private training.' I'll show you my +5 mace of lovemaking."

"I'll pray for you."

"Pray all you want, I'm the one who'll make you see god."

Another was when one of the guys had a big ball bearing he was using as a prop for some magical orb. Being the sticky-fingered halfling/otter I was.. I picked his pocket while we were eating pizza (the thing was halfway out of it, anyway.. not like I have any real skill). While playing later, he went for the prop and couldn't find it. Acting in-character, I handed it over to him...... now how did that ever get in my pocket? Goodness.. here you go. Having actually swiped the prop made the event all the funnier, and I got an insane amount of experience points awarded to me.

I also had a tencency to get insanely high rolls for the most straightforward tasks. Being the halfling... and also an inexperienced player... I didn't throw myself into battles a lot. One time, though, I had a ring of invisibility (the DM had given each of us a reward.. but we were not to reveal what it was to the others.. they had to figure it out. So, any time I had a prop ring on, only the DM knew I was doing stuff in secret.) I slipped the ring on and elected to use.. uh.. what is it.. "backstab?" I rolled some insanely high number.. the DM blinks.. and says "Okay... so the knoll mysteriously and spontaneously erupts into this gush of blood that looks like someone ran over a fire hydrant......"

The other time was during some super hero game. The DM actually used our local mall as the setting. There was this villain what was "solar powered." We couldn't figure out the weakness for the life of us. One of my powers was magnetism. One of the other players was kind of Colossus meets She-Hulk... a big, metal amazon, basically. I rolled to levitate her and use her to pound the villain. So, I got one of my trademark rolls. The next thing we hear is, "So...... Iron Maiden (her name) picks herself up out of the soup that used to be the villain....."

Not Really Funny · Qualificator Joined: 28 Aug 2004 Posts: 23

I've never played D&D before, but my brother does and I don't find it annoying at all. I suppose if the players are batshit, yeah, that would be bothersome. But when it's good old adventures, well, that's just fine.

My brother and his friends did a spoof on the typical D&D quests a while ago... They turned all of their characters into little animals (such as geckos, hummingbirds, and mice), and instead of going into the dragon's lair for treasure, they went into the cat's lair (kicthen) in search of food... :lol:

MagKnightX · Venter Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 286

(funny stories)

The funniest thing that I can remember is the first time I played a Cleric, we were going through a dungeon, and opened the door to a massive room of undead and a demon. We quickly closed it.

As they were formulating a plan, I decided to have my character kick in the door and perform Greater Turning, which basically, instead of making undead run away, makes them explode.

I rolled two 20's.

All the undead exploded. The demon just sat there looking confused. We sat down and had a heart-to-heart conversation with him about the inefficiency of hellish beauracracy. Then we surprise-attacked him and killed him in 2 hits.

I had gained 2 levels from that room. It was fun.

ZenZhu · Needs to get out more Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 897

LOL.... I can just see it.

"Now Hecatonchires..... I know that being a demon and serving a dark lord may have seemed like a good career move at the time.. but think about it. Where will this go? Are you really happy with your life? Don't you think you deserve better?"

"Well.... gee. Now that you mention it.. I am left with an empty feeling every time I conjure a zombie. An.. and they make fun of me.. and they smell. By golly... I'm going to turn over a new leaf!"

"Splendid! You won't regret it.. turning to a life of good will GET HIM NOW, BOYS.. KILL KILL KILL!"

MagKnightX · Venter Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 286

(stuff)

It was more like...

*picks up phone* "Thorog here, yeah, some jackasses just came up and blew my skeletons and zombies to shit. Could you send some more up? Fast? Why not? What? Fuck!*puts down phone* Well, could you guys wait for a few hours? It seems that skeletons and zombies are on backorder right now. Somebody took out all the ones on the lower levels."

"Uh, you know, we're kind of in a hurry here.

"Yeah, I know how it is. These fucking paperpushers don't have any clue what it's like to actually deal with people. When you need skeletons, you need them now, right?"

"Yeah, I know. It's the same way with gods. 'Oh Lord, bless me with the power of your holy smiting, right now, please, for the love of you!' 'Sorry, you didn't pray prayer 1-B-225, 'request for holy smiting, only to be submitted first thing in the day.'"

"I tell you, the people working these positions ought to have had to have worked with the customers for a few years first. You know, so they know what it's like."

"Yeah, that's so true, now you've got these GET HIM NOW NOW NOW!"

"God fucking dammit, not again!"

Quantum Coyote · Prattler Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 143

I had one of those moms that was convinced D&D was the way to put a big mark on yourself as someone waiting to hop on the devil's railcar. When I was in college, I played a few games of it and one of those superhero ones with friends. I didn't get into it much for the fantasy, but I enjoyed the fun that could be had acting. There's a few events that stand out. One was an exchange between my character.. a lewd halfling turned otter (it was the DM's concession to me, being in my furrier days) and our host's wife, a cleric priestess:

Ok, you were furrier, but were these people you were playing with furs or something? Having a D&D character that is an Otter isn't exactly in the rules, o' course some people hardly use game mechanics at all and just RP. Just curios..
I used to play D&D when I was about 14-16, had a pretty encyclopedic knowledge of alot of it. But I never thought I was a fucking platinum dragon (I had a friend in Jr. high who swore he was, from the plane of nirvana no less). I still enjoy PC games that are D&D, have been playing them since at least 'Eye of the Beholder'. One thing that is cool about D&D is that it is a huge meta-verse with lots of lore imported from most of the mythologies of the world. So I guess I'm biased for Dungeons and Dragons, but biased against anybody who takes RP too far.

"Hey, baby. What say you and I go for some 'private training.' I'll show you my +5 mace of lovemaking."

"I'll pray for you."

"Pray all you want, I'm the one who'll make you see god."

mace of lovemaking, lol, it lengthens upon demand for full striking power!

ZenZhu · Needs to get out more Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 897

Nah, they weren't furry. It was just a concession the DM made for me. The character was actually a halfling... the story was his curiosity got the better of him.. he went touching some magic stuff he shouldn't have.. and was turned into a fuzz-face as punishment for his poking his nose in where it didn't belong.

"Well, Telemar, I was hoping it wouldn't be passed on to you. Normally the curse our great granddaddy ZenZhu incurred skips a generation."

"Well, it didn't skip me, Dad.. IT LANDED ON MY FACE!"

GoManVanGogh · Venter Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 221

Nah, they weren't furry. It was just a concession the DM made for me. The character was actually a halfling... the story was his curiosity got the better of him.. he went touching some magic stuff he shouldn't have.. and was turned into a fuzz-face as punishment for his poking his nose in where it didn't belong.

Ah, the whole "Daxter" thing.